{"product_id":"book-ge6m","title":"The Academy and the Award","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe first behind-the-scenes history of the organization behind the Academy Awards\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor all the near-fanatic attention brought each year to the Academy Awards, the organization that dispenses those awards-the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences-has yet to be understood. To date, no one has ever produced a thorough account of the Academy's birth and its awkward adolescence, and the few reports on those periods from outside have always had a glancing, cursory quality. Yet the story of the Academy's creation and development is a critical piece of Hollywood's history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow that story is finally being told. Bruce Davis, executive director of the Academy for over twenty years, was given unprecedented access to its archives, and the result is a revealing and compelling story of the men and women, famous and infamous, who shaped one of the best-known organizations in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavis writes about the Academy with as intimate a view of its workings, its awards, and its world-famous membership. Thorough and long overdue, \u003cem\u003eThe Academy and the Award \u003c\/em\u003efills a crucial gap in Hollywood history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49289850290480,"sku":"BDge6m","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49289850323248,"sku":"ZEge6m","price":59.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49289850356016,"sku":"ZMge6m","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/ge6m-Square-cover.jpg?v=1782429182","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-ge6m","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}